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Sequoia: Water Music: Source to Sea
The beauty of the natural world finds a potent voice
Matthew Barley: Electric
A fearless adventurer plugs into 40 years of electronics
Concert review: Nobuko Imai (viola) Martijn Willers (piano) et al
Carlos María Solare attends the birthday performance at the Royal Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, on 19 March 2023
Concert review: Danish Quartet & Friends: Series of Four
Andrew Mellor reports on a performance from the ‘Series of Four’ concerts, taking place at Copenhagen’s Royal Danish Academy of Music on 19 March 2023
Concert review: Isidore Quartet
Leah Hollingsworth reports from the performance by the Banff Competition winners at The New School, New York, on 19 March 2023
Concert review: Consone Quartet
Tim Homfray hears the performance of Haydn and Mendelssohn at London’s Wigmore Hall on 12 March 2023
Concert reviews
Concert review: Steven Isserlis (cello) Jonian Ilias Kadesha, Irène Duval (violins) Eivind Ringstad (viola) Tim Posner (cello) Lucy Shaw (double bass) Maggie Cole (harpsichord)
Tim Homfray visits London’s Wigmore Hall for the performance of Boccherini on 27 March 2023
Concert review: Simone Lamsma (violin) Beatrice Rana (piano)
Edward Bhesania visits London’s Wigmore Hall on 27 March 2023 for the performance of Brahms, Prokofiev and Respighi
Ébène Quartet, Antoine Tamestit: Mozart
Music-making of exquisite detail creates a powerful emotional impact
Gil Shaham (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski
Edward Bhesania hears the performance of Hindemith, Mendelssohn, Prokofiev and Ustvolskaya at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 19 April 2023
London Haydn Quartet: Haydn
A fittingly devoted finale to a major Haydn project
Lionel Martin: Tavener
A classic of the cello repertoire from a rising star
Book reviews
Trio Wanderer: Franck, Vierne
Virtuosity and Romanticism combine to heady effect
Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn
Another visionary interpretation from one of the great quartets of our time
Rose Wollman: Loop
A Hungarian masterpiece is given a refreshing new setting
James Ehnes: Nielsen
Another success story from this inspired partnership
Cristiano Contadin: Tartini Concertos and Sonatas on the Viol
Tartini in new garb, with mixed results
Charlie Siem: Vaughan Williams
Plenty of grit in this unusual sonata programme
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